Kobe Bryant's Eagle County Timetable

Friends say Katelyn Kristine Faber ("Kate"), Bryant's accuser, comes from a good family. Father, Paul Louis Faber, works for a phone company and mother, Kristine Ann Faber, works at an elementary school. Kate's two brothers enjoy listening to her perform. Source: Duluth News Tribune.

Spring - Kate graduates from Eagle Valley High School in Colorado, where she was a cheerleader, active in theatre productions and a member of the choir. Friends say Kate writes some of her own music. According to her friend, Stephanie Morris, "She's good at music; she wants to pursue singing, but she's a pretty average student." She makes up for her average talent and looks by being "pretty aggressive." Sources: The New York Times and MSNBC.com.

Fall - Kate enrolls at the University of Northern Colorado ("UNC") and resides at McCowen Hall, a primarily freshmen residence hall. Source: The UNC Mirror, Greeley Tribune and www.unco.edu/ssearch.html.

In November 2002, Kate and friend, Lindsey McKinney, travel to Austin, Texas to audition for the "American Idol" television show. The women sleep outside for 12 hours for an audition. Neither make it to the second round, but McKinney says she feels worse for Kate who sang a rendition of the country song "Forgive" by Rebecca Lynn Howard. "She craves attention like no other. This is the bad kind of attention that she's going to get," McKinney said. After returning from her trip, Kate brags to a college friend of her sexual conquest of sleeping with a Justin Timberlake look-alike. According to reporter Dawn Frantangelo:

Reporter: ...Scott Hodson, another university freshman, says he briefly dated the young woman.

Scott Hodson: She was really friendly, kind of a really sociable person. She was--she was fun to talk to quite a bit.

Reporter: (Voiceover) He also says she was surprisingly candid about some of her adventures, like her trip to Texas where she unsuccessfully auditioned for the television show "American Idol."

Hodson: I don't think the singing part went real well. I mean, she waited in line and went through her little turn and everything. But when she came-- came back, her biggest story was about sleeping with the guy who looked like Justin Timberlake.

Sources: The Denver Channel and Dateline NBC.

February 25, 2003

9:00 p.m. - UNC campus police respond to a call that Kate overdosed on medication in her dormitory room. An officer determines Kate is "a danger to herself" and "It's classified as a mental health issue." Kate is taken into custody and transported by ambulance to North Colorado Medical Center of Greeley. Friend Lindsey McKinney says Kate attempted suicide at school this winter and again in May in Eagle County. Sources: The New York Times and The UNC Mirror.

Kate, now 19-years old, completes her freshman year at UNC and returns home for the summer. Sources: The New York Times, MSNBC.com and The UNC Mirror.

According to friends and authorities, Kate suffers two recent personal trials including the end of a relationship with an 18-year old boyfriend and the death of her best friend, Nicole Clements, in a road accident. According to Lindsey McKinney, in May 2003, Kate suffered under such mental anguish that she overdosed on non-prescription pills and was rushed to a hospital. "I think it was just a cry for help," says McKinney, 18, who lived at the Faber residence when Kate took the pills. Eagle Fire Department and Paramedics confirm 911-dispatch to the Faber residence. Sources: Vail Daily, The Orange County Register and NBC's Today Show.

Kate works at the Lodge and Spa at Cordillera Hotel as a concierge and receptionist. The 56-room Lodge is located in Edwards, a small town about halfway between Eagle and Vail. Sources: The New York Times and MSNBC.com.

Kate has consensual sex with an unidentified man. According to Kate, a condom is used during the sexual encounter. Source: Det. Doug Winters, Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 15, 2003) at 5-6.

Afternoon - Without informing the Lakers, Bryant takes a private flight to Eagle, where he has made arrangements to undergo an arthroscopic surgical procedure on his right knee by Vail Specialist Dr. Richard Steadman of the Steadman Hawkins Clinic. The team had been expecting to meet with Bryant to discuss the problems he was having with tendinitis in the knee. Sources: The New York Times and Los Angeles Times.

4:00-4:30 p.m. - Kate, a concierge at the Cordillera, receives a telephone call from Bryant's travel agent and Kate confirms Bryant's reservation. Kate is "excited" that the L.A. Laker's basketball player will be a guest at the Cordillera and she "wanted to meet him". Source: Det. Doug Winters, Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 9, 2003) at 16 and Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 15, 2003) at 18-19.

7:00 p.m. - Kate's normal work shift ends. Kate normally works a five-hour shift from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. However, Kate stays late because she is expecting Bryant and also because she arrived at work 3 hours late due to car problems. Source: Det. Doug Winters, Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 9, 2003) at 14-16 and Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 15, 2003) at 5-6, 19-20.

9:30 p.m. - Kate's receives a telephone call that Bryant and his entourage have arrived and want their room keys waiting for them so that they can "just proceed in and go to the rooms". Source: Det. Doug Winters, Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 9, 2003) at 16-17.

10:00 p.m. - Kate's delayed work shift ends. Kate remains, however, because she wants to meet Bryant. Source: Det. Doug Winters, Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 9, 2003) at 15.

10:00-10:15 p.m. - Kate meets Bryant and his entourage (including Mike Ortiz and Joe Carlson). Kate assigns Bryant Room Number 35, a first-floor room at the end of a long hall. Kate says, "It's about the farthest room away from the front desk and the lobby." Kate escorts Bryant to his room and while she is there, Bryant privately asks her to return in about 15 minutes to give him a hotel tour. Source: Det. Doug Winters, Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 15, 2003) 20-29.

10:15 p.m. - Although the room next to Bryant's is vacant -- indeed, prior to Bryant's arrival, there were only four occupied rooms -- Kate assigns Bryant's three bodyguards to Room Numbers 18 and 20, located on the other end of the hotel. Kate escorts the bodyguards to their rooms. Source: Det. Doug Winters, Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 15, 2003) 20-29.

11:13 p.m. - A phone call lasting a few minutes is placed from Bryant's room to his Newport Beach home where his wife, Vanessa, and young daughter, Diamante, are staying. Source: Los Angeles Times.

Before midnight: Kate exits the hotel through a service entrance and returns by herself through "the back way" to Bryant's room. Kate "didn't want to create a hassle" with Bryant's bodyguards and did not want them to know she was returning to Bryant's room. Kate takes Bryant on a tour of the public areas of the hotel and they flirt with each other. "She was excited that he was Kobe Bryant and was showing interest in her". While touring the hotel terrace, Kate and Bryant meet the bellman and speak briefly with him and other hotel guests. Bryant invites Kate to his room. Kate expected Bryant "to put a move on her" and she willingly returns to his room. They "chitchat" about tattoos and the jacuzzi. Kate shows Bryant the tattoo on her ankle. Undisclosed to Det. Winters during his interviews & only discovered later in a subsequent interview, Kate also lowers her dress strap to show Bryant the tattoo on her lower back. Bryant invites Kate to sit in a jacuzzi located in one of the hotel's public areas. Kate later claims she feels uncomfortable with the jacuzzi invitation. However, Det. Winters states, "I don't think she told him anything like that, no." When asked to clarify whether Kate told Bryant "she was getting uncomfortable with the situation", Det. Winters responds, "No." On the contrary, Bryant asks Kate for a hug and "she drapes her arms around his neck" and they hug and kiss for about five minutes. The "hugging and kissing is totally consensual".Source: Det. Doug Winters, Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 9, 2003) at 23 and Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 15, 2003) at 30-40.

The events of the sexual encounter that followed remain in dispute. "She says she consented to it," Det. Winters testified. "Then she said Kobe Bryant began touching her in ways that she didn't want." However, signs of a struggle were absent from the scene. Source: Det. Doug Winters, Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 15, 2003) at 30-40.

The room above Bryant's was occupied and the guests slept with their windows open. "They heard nothing". Source: Det. Doug Winters, Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 15, 2003) 44-45.

Kate returns to the hotel lobby and meets the night auditor, who asks Kate to count her drawer and finish her cash sheet. According to the night auditor, Kate "did not look or sound as if there had been any problem". In a written statement, the night auditor tells Det. Winters that she does not believe Kate was assaulted. Source: Det. Doug Winters, Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 15, 2003) 46-52.

Forensic evidence suggests that sometime during this window of time, Kate has sex with an unidentified man whose semen, sperm and Caucasion pubic hairs "do not match the DNA profile of Mr. Bryant". Source: Det. Doug Winters Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 15, 2003) at 7-10.

Morning - Bryant undergoes surgery at the Steadman Hawkins Clinic. Source: The New York Times.

Noon - Det. Doug Winters, accompanied by Deputy Rich, briefly interviews Kate for approximately 1/2-hour in her home. As part of the interview, Deputy Rich collects the clothing Kate wore on the night she had sex with Bryant, including a one-piece black dress, an overcoat, bra and underwear. None of the clothing is ripped, torn or otherwise damaged. Source: Det. Doug Winters, Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 9, 2003) at 5-6, 11-12 and Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 15, 2003) at 36.

Kate's parents take her to the Sheriff's Department for her videotaped interview. In the interview room, Kate is accompanied by a victim's advocate from the Eagle County Resource Center. Kate claims the assault took place late in the evening in Bryant's hotel room and "never claims anything other than vaginal sex" occurred. Kate files criminal charges against Bryant. Source: Det. Doug Winters, Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 9, 2003) at 5-6, 13 and Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 15, 2003) at 105.

After the interviews, Det. Winters is concerned that Kate never clearly told Bryant "no". Source: Det. Doug Winters, Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 15, 2003) at 42-44.

2:00 p.m. - Kate is accompanied by her parents to the Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs for a sexual assault exam. Glenwood Springs is about a 45-minute drive from Eagle. Source: Det. Doug Winters, Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 15, 2003) at 100-112.

Kate is examined by two nurses, Keturah Kerst and Lauren Gueriera. Source: Det. Doug Winters, Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 9, 2003) at 45.

The exam report notes that "no trauma observed" (i.e., no cuts, no abrasions, no bruises, no lacerations) on the labia majora, labia minora, vagina or rectum. Examiners note "bilateral redness" on the labia minora and erythmema (or "redness") in the cervix. During a colposcopic exam (i.e., toluidine blue dye is applied and the stained region is magnified and examined under a colposcope), nurses observe the following: "multiple, small shallow pinpoint lacerations, approximately 1 to 2 millimeters in length, on the posterior fourchette" and "two 1 centimeter lacerations". "Other than those injuries, no other tears, bruisings, abrasions" and Kate was never given "any pain medication, any topical ointment, no treatment whatsoever". Source: Det. Doug Winters, Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 15, 2003) at 100-112.

As part of the exam, nurses collect the yellow knit underwear Kate wore to the exam. Forensic testing confirms that the underwear has a spot of her blood and traces of semen, sperm and Caucasion pubic hairs that "do not match the DNA profile of Mr. Bryant". Notwithstanding, the Sheriff's Department has not conducted any tests to determine to whom the semen, sperm and pubic hairs belongs. Source: Det. Doug Winters Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 15, 2003) at 7-10.

2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Bryant returns from knee surgery and limps through the lobby toward his room. Later, he and his associates lounge in the lobby, playing chess, chatting and tipping well for their food and drink orders. Source: Los Angeles Times.

11:30 p.m. - Sheriff's investigators arrive at Bryant's hotel room to interview him and to make "just casual observations" of his room. Sheriff's investigators "did nothing to see if there was any blood in the hotel room". Source: Det. Doug Winters Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 15, 2003) at 13-16.

The Eagle County Sheriff's Department sends physical evidence to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. Source: Los Angeles Times.

Kate is seen at a local community event and is reportedly described as moving easily among friends, "smiling, shaking hands with old friends and making new friends." Source: Vail Daily.

Although the matter remains under seal, Sheriff Hoy announces to the press that Kate went to a hospital for testing, which Sheriff Hoy describes as a common practice in sexual assault cases. He declines to discuss what the tests entailed, or at which hospital they were done. Source: Vail Daily.

Although the matter remains under seal, Sheriff Hoy issues a press release describing details of the arrest warrant and publishes a mug shot of Bryant on the Eagle County Sheriff website. Source: www.eaglesheriff.com.

The Colorado Mountain News Media and Vail Daily petition Judge Richard Hart to order the Eagle Police Department to release three police reports, concerning two 911-dispatch incidents, involving Kate.

Town of Eagle Attorney Ed Sands argues that the records are part of the criminal investigation, and that releasing them would damage the investigation and Kate. According to Sands, "They're sealed because they have nothing to do with the investigation, but it would do irreparable harm if the documents were revealed. They are of a highly sensitive nature. You would understand if the documents were revealed."

Sands says the Eagle Police Department is not attempting to cover anything up. He says acting Police Chief Gary Ward acted properly in not providing the records.

Sands says Bryant and his attorney will have access to the records in due process, "Defense attorneys may get everything; the public and press might not."

Town Manager William Powell admits that the police twice visited the Faber residence and that the police visits could have a bearing on the Bryant case. "There is some indirect connection," he says. Judge Hart takes the matter under submission and is slated to issue an order on July 25, 2003. Source: Vail Daily.

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation lab supplies the Eagle County Sheriff's department and District Attorney with some preliminary test results on evidence taken from Bryant and the 19-year-old woman who has accused him of sexual assault. Source: Los Angeles Times.

2:00 p.m. - District Attorney Hurlbert publicly announces that his office has filed a Class 3 felony sexual assault complaint against Bryant. Sources: Los Angeles Times and Vail Daily.

2:15 p.m. - Bryant's attorneys release written statements by Bryant and his wife Vanessa.

Bryant's Written Statement:

I am innocent of the charges filed today. I did not assault the woman who is accusing me. I made the mistake of adultery. I have to answer to my wife and my God for my actions that night and I pray that both will forgive me.

Nothing that happened June 30th was against the will of the woman who now falsely accuses me.

These false allegations have hurt my family. I will fight against these allegations with all my strength.

My wife is the strongest person I know. She is willing to stand by me despite my mistake. That means everything to me.

I have so much to live for. And by that I do not mean the contracts, or the money, or the fame. I mean my family. I will fight for them.

I appreciate all those who have supported me. Thank you for believing in me. My family and I are going to need your support and prayers now more than ever.

Vanessa Bryant's Written Statement:

I know that my husband has made a mistake � the mistake of adultery.

He and I will have to deal with that within our marriage, and we will do so. He is not a criminal. I know that he did not commit a crime, he did not assault anyone.

He is a loving and kind husband and father. I believe in his innocence.

Because I know him to be innocent, I will stand by him and we will face this together. I will give him all the strength and support he needs to face these false accusations. I will not let him face these accusations alone.

I know Kobe better than anyone. The great person you see on the court and in the public is a far greater person off the court.

Source: Los Angeles Times.

NBA Commissioner David Stern issues the following statement:

As with all allegations of a criminal nature, the NBA's policy is to await the outcome of a judicial proceeding before taking any action. We do not anticipate making further comments during the pendency of the judicial process.

NBA officials say that Bryant will not be prevented from playing while the case unfolds. Source: Los Angeles Times.

The Eagle County Sheriff's Office Press Statement:

The Eagle County Sheriff's Office issued a warrant for Kobe Bryant, a 24 year-old California man.

Deputies received a report on July 1, 2003 from an adult woman who made allegations of sexual misconduct by Bryant. The incident occurred in a hotel in the Edwards area of Eagle County, Colorado on the evening of June 30, 2003.

Upon review of interviews and physical evidence, Investigators met with the District Attorney's office and concluded they had enough evidence to charge Kobe Bryant with felony sexual assault. During the investigation, Bryant was cooperative with authorities.

Bryant voluntarily complied with the arrest warrant by turning himself in to the Eagle County Sheriff's Detention Facility, in Eagle, Colorado and posted a $25,000 bond on July 4, 2003.

The case information was sealed to the public by order of Judge Russell Granger.

Source: Los Angeles Times.

6:00 p.m. - Bryant, his wife and his attorneys participate in a press conference at the Staples Center.

Text of Bryant's Statement:

I'm innocent. You know, I didn't force her to do anything against her will. I'm innocent. You know, I sit here in front of you guys, furious at myself, disgusted at myself for making the mistake of adultery.

And I love my wife with all my heart. She's my backbone. You're a blessing. You're a piece of my heart, you're the air I breathe. You're the strongest person I know and I'm so sorry for having to put you through this, and having to put our family through this.

And I'm a human being. I'm a man just like everybody else. I mourn, I cry, just like everybody else. And I sit here before you guys, embarrassed and ashamed for committing adultery. And you know if I could go through the feeling of � if I could just turn back the hands of time � and I love my wife so much. She's so special to me. But I'm innocent. And together, my wife and I and my family, we're going to fight these false accusations.

We have a lot at stake, I have a lot at stake, and it has nothing to do with the game of basketball; it has nothing to do with endorsements. Nothing at all. This is about us. This is about our family. And I've been falsely accused of something and I'm innocent. Shoulder to shoulder we're going to fight this all the way to the end.

And I appreciate everybody out there for their support. And we're going to need their support and prayers now more than ever. Thank you.

Source: Los Angeles Times.

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Background	Friends say Katelyn Kristine Faber ("Kate"), Bryant's accuser, comes from a good family. Father, Paul Louis Faber, works for a phone company and mother, Kristine Ann Faber, works at an elementary school. Kate's two brothers enjoy listening to her perform. Source: Duluth News Tribune.

2002	Spring - Kate graduates from Eagle Valley High School in Colorado, where she was a cheerleader, active in theatre productions and a member of the choir. Friends say Kate writes some of her own music. According to her friend, Stephanie Morris, "She's good at music; she wants to pursue singing, but she's a pretty average student." She makes up for her average talent and looks by being "pretty aggressive." Sources: The New York Times and MSNBC.com. Fall - Kate enrolls at the University of Northern Colorado ("UNC") and resides at McCowen Hall, a primarily freshmen residence hall. Source: The UNC Mirror, Greeley Tribune and www.unco.edu/ssearch.html. In November 2002, Kate and friend, Lindsey McKinney, travel to Austin, Texas to audition for the "American Idol" television show. The women sleep outside for 12 hours for an audition. Neither make it to the second round, but McKinney says she feels worse for Kate who sang a rendition of the country song "Forgive" by Rebecca Lynn Howard. "She craves attention like no other. This is the bad kind of attention that she's going to get," McKinney said. After returning from her trip, Kate brags to a college friend of her sexual conquest of sleeping with a Justin Timberlake look-alike. According to reporter Dawn Frantangelo: Reporter: ...Scott Hodson, another university freshman, says he briefly dated the young woman. Scott Hodson: She was really friendly, kind of a really sociable person. She was--she was fun to talk to quite a bit. Reporter: (Voiceover) He also says she was surprisingly candid about some of her adventures, like her trip to Texas where she unsuccessfully auditioned for the television show "American Idol." Hodson: I don't think the singing part went real well. I mean, she waited in line and went through her little turn and everything. But when she came-- came back, her biggest story was about sleeping with the guy who looked like Justin Timberlake. Sources: The Denver Channel and Dateline NBC.

February 25, 2003	9:00 p.m. - UNC campus police respond to a call that Kate overdosed on medication in her dormitory room. An officer determines Kate is "a danger to herself" and "It's classified as a mental health issue." Kate is taken into custody and transported by ambulance to North Colorado Medical Center of Greeley. Friend Lindsey McKinney says Kate attempted suicide at school this winter and again in May in Eagle County. Sources: The New York Times and The UNC Mirror.

May 2003	Kate, now 19-years old, completes her freshman year at UNC and returns home for the summer. Sources: The New York Times, MSNBC.com and The UNC Mirror. According to friends and authorities, Kate suffers two recent personal trials including the end of a relationship with an 18-year old boyfriend and the death of her best friend, Nicole Clements, in a road accident. According to Lindsey McKinney, in May 2003, Kate suffered under such mental anguish that she overdosed on non-prescription pills and was rushed to a hospital. "I think it was just a cry for help," says McKinney, 18, who lived at the Faber residence when Kate took the pills. Eagle Fire Department and Paramedics confirm 911-dispatch to the Faber residence. Sources: Vail Daily, The Orange County Register and NBC's Today Show. Kate works at the Lodge and Spa at Cordillera Hotel as a concierge and receptionist. The 56-room Lodge is located in Edwards, a small town about halfway between Eagle and Vail. Sources: The New York Times and MSNBC.com.

June 28, 2003	Kate has consensual sex with an unidentified man. According to Kate, a condom is used during the sexual encounter. Source: Det. Doug Winters, Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 15, 2003) at 5-6.

June 30, 2003	Afternoon - Without informing the Lakers, Bryant takes a private flight to Eagle, where he has made arrangements to undergo an arthroscopic surgical procedure on his right knee by Vail Specialist Dr. Richard Steadman of the Steadman Hawkins Clinic. The team had been expecting to meet with Bryant to discuss the problems he was having with tendinitis in the knee. Sources: The New York Times and Los Angeles Times. 4:00-4:30 p.m. - Kate, a concierge at the Cordillera, receives a telephone call from Bryant's travel agent and Kate confirms Bryant's reservation. Kate is "excited" that the L.A. Laker's basketball player will be a guest at the Cordillera and she "wanted to meet him". Source: Det. Doug Winters, Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 9, 2003) at 16 and Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 15, 2003) at 18-19. 7:00 p.m. - Kate's normal work shift ends. Kate normally works a five-hour shift from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. However, Kate stays late because she is expecting Bryant and also because she arrived at work 3 hours late due to car problems. Source: Det. Doug Winters, Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 9, 2003) at 14-16 and Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 15, 2003) at 5-6, 19-20. 9:30 p.m. - Kate's receives a telephone call that Bryant and his entourage have arrived and want their room keys waiting for them so that they can "just proceed in and go to the rooms". Source: Det. Doug Winters, Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 9, 2003) at 16-17. 10:00 p.m. - Kate's delayed work shift ends. Kate remains, however, because she wants to meet Bryant. Source: Det. Doug Winters, Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 9, 2003) at 15. 10:00-10:15 p.m. - Kate meets Bryant and his entourage (including Mike Ortiz and Joe Carlson). Kate assigns Bryant Room Number 35, a first-floor room at the end of a long hall. Kate says, "It's about the farthest room away from the front desk and the lobby." Kate escorts Bryant to his room and while she is there, Bryant privately asks her to return in about 15 minutes to give him a hotel tour. Source: Det. Doug Winters, Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 15, 2003) 20-29. 10:15 p.m. - Although the room next to Bryant's is vacant -- indeed, prior to Bryant's arrival, there were only four occupied rooms -- Kate assigns Bryant's three bodyguards to Room Numbers 18 and 20, located on the other end of the hotel. Kate escorts the bodyguards to their rooms. Source: Det. Doug Winters, Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 15, 2003) 20-29. 11:13 p.m. - A phone call lasting a few minutes is placed from Bryant's room to his Newport Beach home where his wife, Vanessa, and young daughter, Diamante, are staying. Source: Los Angeles Times. Before midnight: Kate exits the hotel through a service entrance and returns by herself through "the back way" to Bryant's room. Kate "didn't want to create a hassle" with Bryant's bodyguards and did not want them to know she was returning to Bryant's room. Kate takes Bryant on a tour of the public areas of the hotel and they flirt with each other. "She was excited that he was Kobe Bryant and was showing interest in her". While touring the hotel terrace, Kate and Bryant meet the bellman and speak briefly with him and other hotel guests. Bryant invites Kate to his room. Kate expected Bryant "to put a move on her" and she willingly returns to his room. They "chitchat" about tattoos and the jacuzzi. Kate shows Bryant the tattoo on her ankle. Undisclosed to Det. Winters during his interviews & only discovered later in a subsequent interview, Kate also lowers her dress strap to show Bryant the tattoo on her lower back. Bryant invites Kate to sit in a jacuzzi located in one of the hotel's public areas. Kate later claims she feels uncomfortable with the jacuzzi invitation. However, Det. Winters states, "I don't think she told him anything like that, no." When asked to clarify whether Kate told Bryant "she was getting uncomfortable with the situation", Det. Winters responds, "No." On the contrary, Bryant asks Kate for a hug and "she drapes her arms around his neck" and they hug and kiss for about five minutes. The "hugging and kissing is totally consensual".Source: Det. Doug Winters, Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 9, 2003) at 23 and Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 15, 2003) at 30-40. The events of the sexual encounter that followed remain in dispute. "She says she consented to it," Det. Winters testified. "Then she said Kobe Bryant began touching her in ways that she didn't want." However, signs of a struggle were absent from the scene. Source: Det. Doug Winters, Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 15, 2003) at 30-40. The room above Bryant's was occupied and the guests slept with their windows open. "They heard nothing". Source: Det. Doug Winters, Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 15, 2003) 44-45. Kate returns to the hotel lobby and meets the night auditor, who asks Kate to count her drawer and finish her cash sheet. According to the night auditor, Kate "did not look or sound as if there had been any problem". In a written statement, the night auditor tells Det. Winters that she does not believe Kate was assaulted. Source: Det. Doug Winters, Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 15, 2003) 46-52.

July 1, 2003	Forensic evidence suggests that sometime during this window of time, Kate has sex with an unidentified man whose semen, sperm and Caucasion pubic hairs "do not match the DNA profile of Mr. Bryant". Source: Det. Doug Winters Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 15, 2003) at 7-10. Morning - Bryant undergoes surgery at the Steadman Hawkins Clinic. Source: The New York Times. Noon - Det. Doug Winters, accompanied by Deputy Rich, briefly interviews Kate for approximately 1/2-hour in her home. As part of the interview, Deputy Rich collects the clothing Kate wore on the night she had sex with Bryant, including a one-piece black dress, an overcoat, bra and underwear. None of the clothing is ripped, torn or otherwise damaged. Source: Det. Doug Winters, Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 9, 2003) at 5-6, 11-12 and Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 15, 2003) at 36. Kate's parents take her to the Sheriff's Department for her videotaped interview. In the interview room, Kate is accompanied by a victim's advocate from the Eagle County Resource Center. Kate claims the assault took place late in the evening in Bryant's hotel room and "never claims anything other than vaginal sex" occurred. Kate files criminal charges against Bryant. Source: Det. Doug Winters, Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 9, 2003) at 5-6, 13 and Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 15, 2003) at 105. After the interviews, Det. Winters is concerned that Kate never clearly told Bryant "no". Source: Det. Doug Winters, Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 15, 2003) at 42-44. 2:00 p.m. - Kate is accompanied by her parents to the Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs for a sexual assault exam. Glenwood Springs is about a 45-minute drive from Eagle. Source: Det. Doug Winters, Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 15, 2003) at 100-112. Kate is examined by two nurses, Keturah Kerst and Lauren Gueriera. Source: Det. Doug Winters, Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 9, 2003) at 45. The exam report notes that "no trauma observed" (i.e., no cuts, no abrasions, no bruises, no lacerations) on the labia majora, labia minora, vagina or rectum. Examiners note "bilateral redness" on the labia minora and erythmema (or "redness") in the cervix. During a colposcopic exam (i.e., toluidine blue dye is applied and the stained region is magnified and examined under a colposcope), nurses observe the following: "multiple, small shallow pinpoint lacerations, approximately 1 to 2 millimeters in length, on the posterior fourchette" and "two 1 centimeter lacerations". "Other than those injuries, no other tears, bruisings, abrasions" and Kate was never given "any pain medication, any topical ointment, no treatment whatsoever". Source: Det. Doug Winters, Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 15, 2003) at 100-112. As part of the exam, nurses collect the yellow knit underwear Kate wore to the exam. Forensic testing confirms that the underwear has a spot of her blood and traces of semen, sperm and Caucasion pubic hairs that "do not match the DNA profile of Mr. Bryant". Notwithstanding, the Sheriff's Department has not conducted any tests to determine to whom the semen, sperm and pubic hairs belongs. Source: Det. Doug Winters Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 15, 2003) at 7-10. 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Bryant returns from knee surgery and limps through the lobby toward his room. Later, he and his associates lounge in the lobby, playing chess, chatting and tipping well for their food and drink orders. Source: Los Angeles Times. 11:30 p.m. - Sheriff's investigators arrive at Bryant's hotel room to interview him and to make "just casual observations" of his room. Sheriff's investigators "did nothing to see if there was any blood in the hotel room". Source: Det. Doug Winters Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 15, 2003) at 13-16.

July 2, 2003	2:30 a.m. - Bryant is escorted by authorities to Valley View Hospital for a sexual assault exam. "And when the nurse examiners looked him over from head to toe, they didn't see a single scratch on him". Source: Det. Doug Winters Preliminary Hearing Deposition Transcript (October 15, 2003) at 13. 3:00 a.m. - Bryant leaves the hospital and departs in a taxi with his associates. Sources: The New York Times and Los Angeles Times. 4:15 a.m. - Bryant and his associates check into the Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs. Source: Los Angeles Times. 5:00 a.m. - One of Bryant's associates returns to the Lodge & Spa to recover Bryant's luggage and belongings. He returns to the Hotel Colorado at 5:45 a.m. Source: Los Angeles Times. 9:11 a.m. - Bryant is billed $50 by the Lodge & Spa for a manicure appointment he fails to keep because he checked out of the hotel earlier than expected. Source: Los Angeles Times. Bryant retains the local Denver law firm, Hal A. Haddon and Pamela R. Mackey of Haddon, Morgan, Mueller, Jordan, Mackey & Foreman. Source: Vail Daily. 7:15 p.m. - Bryant returns to Los Angeles. Source: The New York Times.

July 3, 2003	The District Attorney's office contacts Sheriff Hoy and informs him that further investigation is needed. The District Attorney's Office assures Bryant's attorneys that no action will be taken until after the Fourth of July weekend. Source: Vail Daily. 5:30 p.m. - Sheriff Joseph Hoy obtains an arrest warrant for Bryant from District Judge Russell Granger. Judge Granger bars the release of information about the case and orders the matter sealed. Prior to this day, Hoy has never before gone to a judge to obtain an arrest warrant. Rather, he has always followed local protocal and allowed the District Attorney's office to obtain warrants. Sources: Los Angeles Times and Vail Daily.

July 4, 2003	Morning - Bryant is informed of his arrest warrant. Bryant returns to Eagle County by private plane, accompanied by his wife. He is fingerprinted, interviewed and booked on suspicion of felony sexual assault and false imprisonment at the Eagle County Justice Center. After posting $25,000 bond, he returns home to Newport Beach. Sources: Denver Post and Vail Daily.

July 6, 2003	Although the matter is sealed, Sheriff Joseph Hoy makes Bryant's arrest public, stating in a news release that Sheriff's investigators met with the district attorney's office and concluded, based on interviews and physical evidence, that they had enough evidence to charge Bryant with felony sexual assault and unlawful imprisonment. Sources: The New York Times and Denver Post.

July 7, 2003	District Attorney Mark D. Hurlbert says it may take several days before he decides whether to file charges. Source: The New York Times. Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak issues the following statement: These allegations are completely out of character of the Kobe Bryant we know. For the seven years he's been with us he has been one of the finest young men we've known and a wonderful asset to our team and community. However, since this is a legal matter being handled by the authorities in Colorado, we must refrain from further comment at this time.

July 8, 2003	The Eagle County Sheriff's Department sends physical evidence to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. Source: Los Angeles Times. Kate is seen at a local community event and is reportedly described as moving easily among friends, "smiling, shaking hands with old friends and making new friends." Source: Vail Daily.

July 9, 2003	Although the matter remains under seal, Sheriff Hoy announces to the press that Kate went to a hospital for testing, which Sheriff Hoy describes as a common practice in sexual assault cases. He declines to discuss what the tests entailed, or at which hospital they were done. Source: Vail Daily.

July 11, 2003	Although the matter remains under seal, Sheriff Hoy issues a press release describing details of the arrest warrant and publishes a mug shot of Bryant on the Eagle County Sheriff website. Source: www.eaglesheriff.com.

July 12, 2003	"When everything comes clean, it will all be fine, you'll see," Bryant says during his first public statement concerning the allegations. Bryant declines to discuss the case, but says, "But you guys know me, I shouldn't have to say anything. You know I would never do something like that." Source: Los Angeles Times.

July 14, 2003	The Colorado Mountain News Media and Vail Daily petition Judge Richard Hart to order the Eagle Police Department to release three police reports, concerning two 911-dispatch incidents, involving Kate. Town of Eagle Attorney Ed Sands argues that the records are part of the criminal investigation, and that releasing them would damage the investigation and Kate. According to Sands, "They're sealed because they have nothing to do with the investigation, but it would do irreparable harm if the documents were revealed. They are of a highly sensitive nature. You would understand if the documents were revealed." Sands says the Eagle Police Department is not attempting to cover anything up. He says acting Police Chief Gary Ward acted properly in not providing the records. Sands says Bryant and his attorney will have access to the records in due process, "Defense attorneys may get everything; the public and press might not." Town Manager William Powell admits that the police twice visited the Faber residence and that the police visits could have a bearing on the Bryant case. "There is some indirect connection," he says. Judge Hart takes the matter under submission and is slated to issue an order on July 25, 2003. Source: Vail Daily. Kate retains an attorney in Avon, Colorado. Kate is less visible these days, her friends say, staying home most of the time, unless she drives to meetings at her attorney's office in nearby Avon. She still visits friends, but has been warned by authorities not to talk anymore about the case. Source: AP Newswires and Rocky Mountain News.

July 15, 2003	The Colorado Bureau of Investigation lab supplies the Eagle County Sheriff's department and District Attorney with some preliminary test results on evidence taken from Bryant and the 19-year-old woman who has accused him of sexual assault. Source: Los Angeles Times. Kate attends a local party, appears to be in a good mood and is reportedly "bragging" about the incident. According to NBC reporter Michelle Hofland: Reporter: One report that we were able to track down and get five people to confirm is that NBC has learned that Bryant's accuser was at a party one week ago and she said something that surprised everyone at the party. The party host was even surprised that she showed up. Steve Evancho: I was just surprised that that one person in the whole world would be there because of the whole incident. Reporter: What was her mood like? Evancho: Happy. She was having fun. Reporter: Then sometime late Tuesday night, Evancho said that he asked the alleged victim to describe Kobe Bryant's anatomy. We can't say exactly what was said because it is inappropriate for t.v., but the five teens do confirm that she answered with a gesture and a description. They couldn't believe it. Evancho: That she was bragging about it kind of. About the whole thing. Reporter: I'm sorry what'd you say? Evancho: Bragging about it. Reporter: Evancho says he tried to get the 19-year old to tell him what happened that night in Kobe Bryant's hotel room, but she said she couldn't say. Reporter: Also, we have been trying all day to get the District Attorney's office to tell us if to give us a comment. They finally called us back to tell us they won't comment. Source: MSNBC.com.

July 18, 2003	2:00 p.m. - District Attorney Hurlbert publicly announces that his office has filed a Class 3 felony sexual assault complaint against Bryant. Sources: Los Angeles Times and Vail Daily. 2:15 p.m. - Bryant's attorneys release written statements by Bryant and his wife Vanessa. Bryant's Written Statement: I am innocent of the charges filed today. I did not assault the woman who is accusing me. I made the mistake of adultery. I have to answer to my wife and my God for my actions that night and I pray that both will forgive me. Nothing that happened June 30th was against the will of the woman who now falsely accuses me. These false allegations have hurt my family. I will fight against these allegations with all my strength. My wife is the strongest person I know. She is willing to stand by me despite my mistake. That means everything to me. I have so much to live for. And by that I do not mean the contracts, or the money, or the fame. I mean my family. I will fight for them. I appreciate all those who have supported me. Thank you for believing in me. My family and I are going to need your support and prayers now more than ever. Vanessa Bryant's Written Statement: I know that my husband has made a mistake � the mistake of adultery. He and I will have to deal with that within our marriage, and we will do so. He is not a criminal. I know that he did not commit a crime, he did not assault anyone. He is a loving and kind husband and father. I believe in his innocence. Because I know him to be innocent, I will stand by him and we will face this together. I will give him all the strength and support he needs to face these false accusations. I will not let him face these accusations alone. I know Kobe better than anyone. The great person you see on the court and in the public is a far greater person off the court. Source: Los Angeles Times. NBA Commissioner David Stern issues the following statement: As with all allegations of a criminal nature, the NBA's policy is to await the outcome of a judicial proceeding before taking any action. We do not anticipate making further comments during the pendency of the judicial process. NBA officials say that Bryant will not be prevented from playing while the case unfolds. Source: Los Angeles Times. The Eagle County Sheriff's Office Press Statement: The Eagle County Sheriff's Office issued a warrant for Kobe Bryant, a 24 year-old California man. Deputies received a report on July 1, 2003 from an adult woman who made allegations of sexual misconduct by Bryant. The incident occurred in a hotel in the Edwards area of Eagle County, Colorado on the evening of June 30, 2003. Upon review of interviews and physical evidence, Investigators met with the District Attorney's office and concluded they had enough evidence to charge Kobe Bryant with felony sexual assault. During the investigation, Bryant was cooperative with authorities. Bryant voluntarily complied with the arrest warrant by turning himself in to the Eagle County Sheriff's Detention Facility, in Eagle, Colorado and posted a $25,000 bond on July 4, 2003. The case information was sealed to the public by order of Judge Russell Granger. Source: Los Angeles Times. 6:00 p.m. - Bryant, his wife and his attorneys participate in a press conference at the Staples Center. Text of Bryant's Statement: I'm innocent. You know, I didn't force her to do anything against her will. I'm innocent. You know, I sit here in front of you guys, furious at myself, disgusted at myself for making the mistake of adultery. And I love my wife with all my heart. She's my backbone. You're a blessing. You're a piece of my heart, you're the air I breathe. You're the strongest person I know and I'm so sorry for having to put you through this, and having to put our family through this. And I'm a human being. I'm a man just like everybody else. I mourn, I cry, just like everybody else. And I sit here before you guys, embarrassed and ashamed for committing adultery. And you know if I could go through the feeling of � if I could just turn back the hands of time � and I love my wife so much. She's so special to me. But I'm innocent. And together, my wife and I and my family, we're going to fight these false accusations. We have a lot at stake, I have a lot at stake, and it has nothing to do with the game of basketball; it has nothing to do with endorsements. Nothing at all. This is about us. This is about our family. And I've been falsely accused of something and I'm innocent. Shoulder to shoulder we're going to fight this all the way to the end. And I appreciate everybody out there for their support. And we're going to need their support and prayers now more than ever. Thank you. Source: Los Angeles Times.

July 21, 2003	Lakers Coach Phil Jackson issues the following written statement in support of Bryant: For the past four years it has been my privilege to coach Kobe Bryant. He has consistently demonstrated responsible behavior to me both on and off the basketball court. I was saddened by the allegations against Kobe. Obviously, there are some difficult days ahead for the Bryant family. As his coach and mentor he has my full support. Kobe is entitled to the presumption of innocence, a hallmark of our legal system, and judgment must occur within the Colorado courtrooms. Source: Los Angeles Times.

July 24, 2003	Court issues a gag order prohibiting any pretrial publicity by lawyers, law enforcement agencies and officers, and court personnel. Source: Order Re Pretrial Publicity, http://www.courts.state.co.us/.

July 29, 2003	Court issues its first decorum order in an attempt to control the media frenzy anticipated throughout the Bryant proceedings. Source: Decorum Order, http://www.courts.state.co.us/.

August 6, 2003 4:00 p.m.	Bryant's arraignment. Source: http://www.courts.state.co.us/.

October 9, 2003 1:00 p.m.	Bryant's preliminary hearing (Part 1 of 2). Source: http://www.courts.state.co.us/.

October 15, 2003	Bryant's preliminary hearing (Part 2 of 2). Source: http://www.courts.state.co.us/.

November 13, 2003 9:00 a.m.	First Appearance in District Court. Plea waived and a Summer 2004 trial anticipated (estimated 2- to 3-week trial). Source: http://www.courts.state.co.us/.

December 19, 2003 9:00 a.m.	Motions Hearing. Source: http://www.courts.state.co.us/.

January 23, 2004 9:00 a.m.	Motions Hearing. Source: http://www.courts.state.co.us/.